Title:  Care and Support Assistant

Bank Waking Nights Care and Support Assistant

Hilltop House, Bury St Edmunds

£11.67 per hour

Hours as and when required - Week days and weekends, 21:30pm to 7:30am

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Bank Waking Nights Care and Support Assistant at Hilltop House, Bury St Edmunds.

At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible.

We’re a national organisation, but we’re not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We’re committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence.

No matter your job – delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams – your work makes a difference every day.

And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

The role of Bank Waking Nights Care and Support Assistant will include:

• Delivering a high level of personalised care and support and encouraging our customers to live as independently as possible
• Supporting customers with washing, dressing, bathing and hygiene
• Administering medication
• Responding to calls should a customer need support in an emergency
• Promoting safe practices and undertaking risk assessments
• Implementing safeguarding principles to ensure the safety of our customers
• Keeping accurate and up-to-date records

Skills and experiences:

• Passionate about providing a high standard of care to our customers
• Previous experience working in a care related role
• Comfortable working alone
• Ability to react quickly to changing priorities
• NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care, or willing to work towards

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:

• A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
• Health and well-being plans
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities

Job Reference: 216212

Closing Date: 2 May 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.